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One of America's best-known rock and entertainment journalists describes his journey from his childhood, cooped up in the "rice room" of his family's restaurant in Oakland's Chinatown, where he did chores, to the major role he played as a writer and editor at Rolling Stone. It is a story of teen worship of Elvis, but also of Chinese customs and the tragic murder of his brother, and of the '60s scene in San Francisco, where he found freedom - and his career.

Kerry Hudson is proudly working class but she was never proudly poor. The poverty she grew up in was all-encompassing, grinding and often dehumanising. Always on the move with her single mother, Kerry attended nine primary schools and five secondaries, living in B&Bs and council flats. She scores eight out of ten on the Adverse Childhood Experiences measure of childhood trauma. Twenty years later, Kerry’s life is unrecognisable. She’s a prize-winning novelist who has travelled the world. She has a secure home, a loving partner and access to art, music, film and books..

Welcome to Growing Up Geek, the podcast where we journey back in time to explore the movies, music, TV shows, comics, and books that defined a generation.I’m your host, my name is Steeven, and I'll be your pilot on this temporal odyssey through the geek-centric cultural zeitgeist of my youth. From the 70s, through the 80s, and on into the 90s, we’ll dig deep into the geeky gold that shaped my childhood and—let's be honest—probably yours, too.

Imagine you're 17-years old and sentenced to LIFE in prison for a crime that you didn't commit. Bryan Seddens lived that truth for 31 years before unexpectedly being released in May of 2021. For most of that time, Bryan was forced to live amongst Death Row inmates. Now, listen to and follow his long, grueling journey to freedom on Growing Up On Death Row at 17.